Handbook of High Speed Photography - IET Labs, Inc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
FOREWORD
SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Stopping Action with a Short Exposure Time 1
1.2 Multiple-Exposure Motion Studies with a Strobotac meter 2
1.3 Using the Stroboscope with Moving Film 8
SECTION 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF STROBOSCOPES 9
2.1 Introduction 9
2.2 Using the Tables 9
2.3 Flash Intensity Versus Duration 12
2.4 Timing in High-Speed Photography 13
2.5 A Specific Example 13
SECTION 3. GENERAL RADIO STROBOSCOPES 16
3.1 The Type 1539 Stroboslave®electronic stroboscope 16
3.2 The Type 1531 Strobotac® electronic stroboscope
3.3 The Type 1538 Strobotac® electronic stroboscope
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3.4 The Type 1540 Strobolume® electronic stroboscope 23
SECTION 4. STILL PHOTOGRAPHY 25
4.1 General 25
4.2 The Output Characteristics of General Radio Stroboscopes 25
4.3 Film Choice 28
4.4 Guide Number Chart 30
4.5 Lightin g Techniques 32
4.6 Shadowgraph Photography with a Scotch lite Screen 34
4.7 Ambient Light Conditions 35
4.8 Operation of Camera Shutter at High Speeds 38
SECTION 5. SYNCHRONIZATION 41
5.1 General 41
5.2 Recognizing the Event: Various Means of Triggering the
Synchronization Sequence 41
5.3 Processing the Trigger Signal 48
5.4 Taking a Typical High-Speed Photograph 55
SECTION 6. MOTION-PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY 58
6.1 Use of a Movie Camera 58
6.2 Conventional Movie Cameras 58
6.3 High-Speed Movie Cameras 61
6.4 Movie Camera Synchronization 63
6.5 Selecting a Camera 65
PHOTOGRAPHS 66
BIBLIOGRAPHY 81
INDEX 84
CATALOG SECTION 86
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